Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (v4.0) (NSO201)
Course Overview
The Cisco NSO Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (NSO201) course introduces you to Cisco® Network Services Orchestrator (NSO). You will learn to install Cisco NSO and use it to manage devices and create services based on YANG templates with XPath. This course provides a brief overview of NSO as a network automation solution, as well as an introduction to NETCONF, YANG, and XPath. You will learn about service packages, network element drivers, and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The course also covers service creation, device and configuration management, NSO maintenance, NSO options and integrations, and basic NSO troubleshooting.
Technology areas
- Software-defined networking
- Service provider
Course Content
- Introduction to Cisco NSO
- Getting started with NSO
- Service Manager Essentials
- Service Design and Cisco NSO Programmability
- Cisco NSO Flexibility
Who should attend
- System installers
- System integrators
- System administrators
- Network administrators
- Solutions designers
Prerequisites
Cisco require students to have the following knowledge and skills:
- Basic knowledge of the Cisco Command-Line Interface (CLI) or the CLI of UNIX-like operating systems
- Working knowledge of UNIX-based operating systems and basic tasks
- Basic knowledge of programming constructs and YANG data modeling
- Basic knowledge of Python programming
- Basic knowledge of the NETCONF communication protocol
- Knowledge of XML data structures and schemas
- Basic management of network components (routers, switches, etc.)
The following Cisco courses can help you gain the necessary background
- Programming for Network Engineers (PRNE) (on demand)
Course Objectives
This course will help you:
- Learn to install Cisco NSO
- Gain confidence with NSO configuration and basic troubleshooting
- Practice designing and managing services with YANG models
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Explain transactional service activation and how it relates to business requirements
- Explain the benefits and uses of Cisco NSO
- Explain how Cisco NSO communicates with network devices
- Understand the NETCONF protocol and be able to read and write simple YANG models
- Install NSO and describe how NSO uses NETCONF and the Device Manager component
- Understand the difference between devices that are fully NETCONF capable and those that are less or not NETCONF capable
- Explain the YANG service model structure
- Describe how YANG is used with NSO, create and deploy a service, and explain NSO FASTMAP
- Design and manage services with YANG models
- Perform NSO configuration and basic troubleshooting, and describe the following NSO features: integration options, alarms and reporting, scalability and performance options, and available function packs
- Use logs to troubleshoot the Cisco NSO deployment and check NSO communication with network devices
- Explain the mapping logic of service parameters to device models and consequently to device configurations
- Describe the use of different integration options and APIs
- Explain the use of Reactive FASTMAP for manipulating and implementing advanced Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) components
- Describe the use of feature components and function packs
- Define and explain the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Open Source NFV Management and Orchestration (MANO) principles and solution
- Work with the alarm console, and understand the NSO alarm structure and how it conforms to modern network operations procedures
- Describe Cisco NSO 5.3 new features and changes in NSO
Outline: Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (v4.0) (NSO201)
Section 1: Introducing Service Orchestration with Cisco NSO
- Challenges of Network Management
- Network Management without Cisco NSO
- Network Management with Cisco NSO
- Challenges of Network Orchestration
- Addressing Management Challenges with Service Orchestration
Section 2: Exploring Cisco NSO Architecture
- Cisco NSO Architecture
- Cisco NSO Components
- Cisco NSO and Ansible
Section 3: Orchestrating Network Solutions
- Orchestration Use Cases Overview
- Orchestration Use Case Examples
Section 4: Describing Cisco NSO Operation
- NETCONF and YANG Overview
- Cisco NSO Packages
- Cisco NSO Mapping Logic
- Network Element Drivers
Section 5: Installing Cisco NSO
- Setup Overview
- Cisco NSO Local Installation
- Installing NEDs
- Using Netsim
Section 6: Exploring the Advantages of NETCONF
- NETCONF Basics
- NETCONF Operation
- Device Manager Overview
- Device Configuration Management
- Device Connection Management
- Templates and Groups
- Device Template Processing
- Commit Queues
- YANG Basics
- Other Representations of YANG
- YANG Data Types
- XPath Overview
- Basic YANG Statements
- Verify Yang Statements
- Package Architecture
- Creating a Service Package
- Sample Service Configuration
- Service Template
- YANG Service Model
- Deploying a Service
- Mapping Service Parameters
- FASTMAP
- Template Processing
- NSO Transaction Model
- Service Management Tasks
- CDM Migration
- Service Lifecycle Management Guidelines
- Cisco NSO Programmability Overview
- Python Scripting
- Python Service Skeleton
- Creating a Service YANG Model
- Creating a Service Template
- Template Processing with Python
- System Configuration
- Role-Based Access Control
- System Troubleshooting
- NSO Integration Options
- NETCONF Server
- Web Integration
- SNMP Agent
- Alarm Management
- Reporting
- High Availability
- High-Availability Cluster Communications
- Addressing Performance Limitations
- Layered Service Architecture
- Function Packs
- Cisco SD-WAN Solution
- NFV Orchestration
- Reactive FastMap
Classroom Training
Duration 4 days
Price
- United States: US$ 4,000
- Cisco Learning Credits: 40 CLC
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